IUPUI In the News - February 9, 2007

IUPUI Web Site Takes Gold Prize
Admissions Market Report, Feb. 2007 – The IUPUI Web site, www.iupui.edu , wins gold prize in the Twenty-Second Annual Admissions Advertising Awards sponsored by Admissions Marketing Report.
http://www.hmrpublicationsgroup.com/Admissions_Marketing_Report/

IUPUI Professor Wins Sports Car Club Award
SCCA.com, Feb. 6, 2007 – IUPUI engineering & technology Professor Peter Hylton was almost speechless when the Sports Car Club of America awarded Hylton the club’s highest honor for long-time service. Hylton, head of the IUPUI motorsports program, received the Woolf Barnato Award.
http://www.scca.com/

Punching Parkinson's; Exercise Makes a Difference for Patients with Disease
Indianapolis Star, Feb. 6, 2007 – At Rock Steady Boxing in Indianapolis, a group of people with Parkinson's disease take on “Parkie,” a punching bag . . . “I have seen exercise make a huge difference in the patients' lives,” said Dr. Joanne Wojcieszek, director of the Parkinson's Research Group at the IU School of Medicine.
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007702060312

Depression Is Linked to Hardening of the Arteries, Study Says

• Health Day News, Feb. 6, 2007 - Previous research has suggested that negative emotions like anxiety and anger can increase the risk for heart disease. But in the new study, depression -- and its physical symptoms -- was the emotional linchpin to early signs of heart disease.
  "In other studies, anxiety, depression, anger and hostility have all separately been linked to future risk of heart disease," said lead researcher and IUPUI Professor Jesse C. Stewart,
  http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/news-29866-31.html
• Bloomberg, Feb. 5, 2007 – Fatigue, depression, and loss of appetite may help predict heart disease, according to a new study by IUPUI medical researcher Jesse C. Stewart and colleagues. “It's not predicting heart disease. It's predicting an earlier stage of heart disease,” Stewart says.
  http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601082&sid=aksLwC0YIjoM&refer=canada
• Washington Times, Feb. 5, 2007 - "There are a lot of pathways by which mental health can influence physical health," said Jesse C. Stewart, an assistant professor of psychology at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, lead author of the study that found an association between depression and the risk of thickened arteries over a three-year period.
  http://washingtontimes.com/national/20070205-105433-5247r.htm

IUPUI Graduate in Iraq Celebrates Colts’ Win
Indystar.com, Feb. 5, 2007 – IUPUI graduate and U.S. Navy attorney Christopher Phan, stationed in Iraq, flies the Indianapolis Colts flag over his camp in celebration of the team’s win as NFL World Champions.
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070205/SPORTS03/70205021

Sound Medicine Begins Month-Long Series on HIV/AIDS In Kenya
Sound Medicine, Feb. 3; Feb. 4, 2007 – Host Barbara Lewis begins a month-long series on her recent trip to the Indiana University-Moi University HIV/AIDS program in Eldoret, Kenya. According a World Health Organization Report, nearly 1.3 million Kenyans are infected with HIV/AIDS.
http://www.medicine.indiana.edu/news_releases/viewRelease.php4?art=630

IUPUI Immersion Program in Mexico Wins Award
Nationalities Councils of Indiana, Feb. 2, 2007 – To Mexico with Love,” a cultural immersion program at Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis, has earned a “Voice of Inclusion Medallion Exemplary Program” award from ACPA – College Student Educators International.
http://nationalitiescouncil.blogspot.com/2007/02/to-mexico-with-love-cultural-immersion.html

NFL Puts Kibosh on Church Super Bowl Party

• WISHTV, News 8 Daybreak-Early Edition, Feb. 2, 2007 – Law professor Kenneth Crews says NFL attorneys would argue that a public viewing would interfere with finding out how many people actually watched the game... Sports bars can show the game... because they show sports on a daily basis.
• WTHR.com, Channel 13, Feb. 1, 2007 – “The letter of the law says they have the right to control their trademark and their product," said Gary Roberts, newly appointed dean of the IU School of Law-Indianapolis, in a broadcast segment on the NFL’s halting parties based on copyright law.
  http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?s=6025367

IU Law School in Indianapolis Names New Dean
InsideIndianaBusiness.com Report, Jan. 20, 2007 - Deputy Dean of the Tulane University Law School has been chosen as the new dean of the IU School of Law in Indianapolis. Gary R. Roberts is expected to assume his new role in July, pending approval from the IU Board of Trustees. Source: Inside INdiana Business.
http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?ID=21457

Poll: Downtown at Nighttime A Worry
Indianapolis Star, Jan. 10, 2007 - A new survey shows that only 40 percent of Indianapolis residents think of Downtown as a safe place to live, work and socialize after dark. Results of the October survey of 995 people were released by the IUPUI Department of Tourism, Conventions and Event Management.
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200770110022

From the IUPUI News Center:

IU Dental School, Indiana Dental Offices Join National Effort to Provide Free Dental Care to Children in Need
Jan. 29 – Indiana University School of Dentistry (served) on February 2 as one of the key treatment sites in Indiana for the annual American Dental Association (ADA) “Give Kids a Smile” day, a nationwide initiative to draw attention to the epidemic of untreated oral disease among children from low-income families.
http://www.iupui.edu/news/releases/070129_give_kids_a_smile.htm

Dispatches from Antarctica
Jan. 10 – An IUPUI research team, led by School of Science Assistant Professor of Geology Kathy Licht arrived in Antarctica December 21. Read "The Polar Explorer" dispatches they've filed.
http://www.iupui.edu/news/releases/070110_polar_explorer.htm

19 IUPUI Signature Center Proposals Receive $7 Million in Funding
Jan. 18 – IUPUI Executive Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Faculties Uday Sukhatme has announced the proposals to be funded under the Signature Center initiative.
http://www.iupui.edu/news/releases/070118_signature_centers.htm